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Heavy metals, pesticides, Salmonella spur FDA to crack down on some food imports

By News Desk on May 18, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to…
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Review finds gaps in research on circular economy health risks

By Joe Whitworth on March 26, 2022

There is a lack of research on the emerging risks for animal, human and plant health when following a circular economy approach, according to an analysis.

An external scientific report, published by the European Food…
Continue Reading Review finds gaps in research on circular economy health risks

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How to avoid processed baby foods and accompanying heavy metals

By Guest Contributor on March 11, 2022

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On Feb. 4, 2021, the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released a report detailing its findings and concerns about the presence of heavy metals,…
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Salmonella, excessive heavy metals result in FDA action on imported food

By News Desk on March 8, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to…
Continue Reading Salmonella, excessive heavy metals result in FDA action on imported food

European figures show decline in veterinary drug residues

By News Desk on March 2, 2022

Veterinary drug residues in animals and human food fell in 2020, according to figures published recently by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Data for 2020 covers 620,758 samples reported by 27 EU member states,…
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Group stresses safety differences for farmed and caught fish

By News Desk on November 22, 2021

An advisory council has urged European and national agencies to recognize that different fish production methods can cause different food safety risks.

The Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC) said food safety authorities need to give consumers…
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‘Ginseng’ used to make soup recalled for high levels of lead, cadmium

By News Desk on November 4, 2021

A plant commonly referred to as female ginseng and used to make soup is being recalled because of excessive levels of heavy metals.

Murray Int’l Trading of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling its Angelicae Sinensis because…
Continue Reading ‘Ginseng’ used to make soup recalled for high levels of lead, cadmium

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House report on baby food shows FDA, companies must take action now

By Consumer Reports on September 30, 2021
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Consumer Reports today (Sept. 29) urged baby food manufacturers and the Food and Drug Administration to take quick and decisive action to address the “disturbing” findings in a new report issued by the U.S.
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EU lowers lead and cadmium limits for food products

By Joe Whitworth on August 13, 2021

The European Commission has set new maximum levels for lead and cadmium in a range of food products to protect public health.

Measures will apply beginning Aug. 30 for limits of lead and a day…
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WHO wants data on heavy metals in food

By News Desk on July 27, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for data on two heavy metals in a range of food types.

The first covers methylmercury and total mercury in orange roughy, pink cusk-eel and all toothfish and…
Continue Reading WHO wants data on heavy metals in food

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